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Many have been asking for updates, we are now using our website

www.thewoolfords.com

Thanks for the prayers

His favorite place

Tyler had his last ear exam and it came back much better than we expected. His right is 100% and his left has fluid so they were not able to get a good reading but did say that he should be fine.

Tyler 10lbs 8oz
Emelia 8lbs 8oz

Happy baby

Moving forward

We ask for your prayers as we now begin to move forward with our plans to move back to Ecuador. We still have some months to go, letting the twins continue to get stronger. We are asking that God continue to bless them with health and that He guide us as we begin to put together all of the loose ends, enabling us to return to ministry in South America.

Come so far

It is hard to believe how far they have come in such a short amount of time.

looking good

Tyler 9lbs 10oz
Emelia 7lbs 12oz

One month check up

The twins had a visit with their NICU doctor today. He weighed them and evaluated medicines and air needs. He dropped Emelia down to .01 and feels by next month they will have her on just a little night time O2. This past month Tyler's pediatrician felt he needed to go up on his O2 so Dr. Purdie just brought him back to where he started out, but felt that he would be off in no time. They will continue Tylers medicines for at least another month. Their hope is that he will come off it all next visit. They both have been taking leaps in their weight. Over all the doctors said they are doing great and that they are right where they should be!

We will be moving to a larger home this weekend. A local church has offered to help us with their parsonage. This will be a huge blessing so we are all excited. I also start helping the Hispanic church in the area. I will be preaching there every Sunday as well as some work during the week. Continue to pray that the twins will gain strength so that we can return to Ecuador as Soon as possible.

Tyler : 8lbs 6oz
Emelia 6lbs 11oz

Littles Sleep!

Now that the twins are home we will be updating the blog less frequently. Things have been very crazy over this past week, with lack of sleep and just doing the "normal" things that will be our life over the next months to come. It is a challenge to give care to the twins as well as the other three and keep up with ministry responsibilities. The twins continue to go up in their feedings and are doing very well. Tyler is up to 130cc and Emelia 90cc each feeding! Our prayer is that they stay very healthy over these next few weeks of winter. The week of the 20th we have the exams for their hearing as well as their first visit to the apnia clinic. This visit will be to see if they can come off their O2 and medicines. What probably will happen is they will take them off a little at a time over the next couple of months. Thanks again for your prayers me need them now as we face new challenges.

We are thankful that a new place to live has opened up. A church not to far from our current house has offered us their parsonage. It is twice the size our the home where we currently live. This new home will give us more room as well as give us the flexibility to not sign a lease and leave when the twins are ready. We are also considering helping out a local Hispanic church in the area. They are with out a pastor and have asked us to fill the gap for the time being. Please be in prayer as we look at this possibility as well as move to the other home during the next few weeks.

I will be posting less, It is great to think that their is less news! As things progress and things come up I will put new posts up.

Happy Day

The day we went to pick up Tyler I am not sure who was happier, Kerry or Madi! All she has talked about is having her little brother and sister home and how she is now the big sister. The hard part is keeping her out of their beds.

Together at last

It has been a while since these two were together. This is very typical, Tyler sleeping not making a sound and his little sister eyes wide open and always wanting something to suck on!

Home Sweet Home!

The long wait has come to an end and both babies are home. We have large dark bags under our eyes to prove it! It still feels weird to have them here and depending upon us for everything, no nurses to run to now. They are sharing a room that is just large enough to squeeze in both of their beds, a dresser, two bouncy seats ,two 4 1/2 foot oxygen tanks a rocking chair, 100 feet of tubing and two monitors. We still are not used to dealing with all of the tubes and cables floating around the room, I am not sure we will ever get to that point.

They both seem to be doing fine. We had one episode with Emelia today after her morning feeding. She spit up a bit and then choked which caused her to stop breathing and slow her heart rate enough to make all the alarms sound in the room. It is going to be a while before we don't worry about her.

We had our first appointment with the doctors today so we had to pack up all the equipment and hit the road. We looked pretty funny trying to each carry a car seat, oxygen tank and a monitor. When it was all said and done we made it through it and the twins came home and slept. Tyler is just about at 7lbs and Emelia has passed the 5lbs mark!

I am attaching some pictures, thank you all for your continual prayers for our family. As we look at the babies we are amazed to think how God has carried us through these last 3 1/2 months.

Trusting Him!

Cam,Kerry,Alyssa,Tori,Madi,Emelia and Tyler (wow what a list!)

You have been awesome!

Through all the ups and downs over these past months one of the major constants has been our hospital "family". They have given a refuge not only to the twins but to Kerry and myself. I know some of them read this blog so I want to say thank you. You have given love to our children when we could not, you have answered so many of my "odd" questions and shown us friendship through some very difficult moments, God has used you to bless us and help us through a very difficult time, for that we will always be grateful. As we look at Tyler and Emelia we will think of and pray for you.

Thank you!

Cam,Kerry,Alyssa, Tori, Madi,Emelia and Tyler

All together!

After the first night things wound down pretty nicely. We were able to get some new cables for Tylers monitor that do not make the alarm go off as much, and get into a schedule that seems to be working for Kerry and I. I have the shift up till about 1am, giving Tyler his feeding around 11 and then Kerry steps in about 3:30, it has worked well these last couple of days. We should not get to comfortable with our current plan because they have told us to expect Emelia tomorrow! She has taken a leap in her feedings and is now with out a feeding tube, going it all on her own! The last step was for her to wake her self up when she needed to be fed and she has done it every single time, with in the last 48 hours. So now that we are getting things down with Tyler we need to reorganize and make a new plan. I am not sure if I can handle two at one time. Kerry has been going back and forth between bottle feedings as well as nursing in order to keep me in the loop , I am just not confident enough to tackle two at a time, only time will tell.

The church family at Northbridge has been great over these past months. Some of the young girls have provided us with babysitting every Tuesday and Thursday night so that Kerry and I could be together in the hospital. They served our family very faithfully for over three months and with out asking for money. The church provided meals for us in the beginning and is doing so now as we receive both babies into our home. God has been faithful through it all providing all our needs through family and friends, Thanks.